HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080068870
Bassin de O'Connell River
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Mackay, Whitsunday
Sub-basin area
886km²
Upstream area
886,5km²
Discharge
15,82m³/s
Mean elev.
186m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 465.9 km²52.7% of basin
- 417.6 km²47.3% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Great Barrier Reef Coast
IUCN VIMarine Park
6.25 km² overlap
Eungella
IUCN IINational Park
6.03 km² overlap
Sandy Falls
IUCN VINature Refuge
2.36 km² overlap
Andromache
IUCN IIIConservation Park
0.96 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 308 distinct species · 7 653 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de O'Connell River : 33 espèces reliées par 40 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,6°C
Annual rain
1 323mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
455mm/an
PET
1 543mm
AET
1 030mm
Mean slope
7,2°
Water table
317cm
Forest
90%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)